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"At the same time as we were seizing the lands that we turned into Iraq, we were devising an interest..." — Jeremy Hardy

At the same time as we were seizing the lands that we turned into Iraq, we were devising an interesting future for our new protectorate in Palestine, and simultaneously trying to pacify Ireland, where we hit upon the solution of partition in 1921, thereby securing a peaceful resolution to the conflict only 86 years later.
Jeremy Hardy
Jeremy Hardy Comedian • British
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